Self-heating sad-iron.



I G.' G. SPRINKLE."

` SELF BEATIN G SAD IRON. 908i? .Aurrmpuxon FILED JUNE 11. 190s. Patented Jan 5 1909.

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G. G. SPRINKLE. SELF HEATING SAD IRON. ArPLIoA'rIoN FILED :u1u: 11, 190e.

Patented Jam 5, 1909.,

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CLARENCE C. SPRINKLE, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO MAHLON A.

STAIR, OF LA FONTAINE,

INDIANA.

SELF-HEATING san-nacer.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Jan. 5', 1909.

To all whom it may concern: v

Y Be it known that I, CLARENCE C. SPRIN- KLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Heating Sad- Irons, of which the following is a specification, reference being mg drawings.

My invention relates to improvements 1n had to the accompany- I simple and practical iron of this character heated by an oil burner.

Another object of the invention is to proheating sad-iron with a roller which will increase the heating surface and permit the iron to be more easily manipu- The above and other objects of the invenits preferred embodi-` ment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation-f my im-.

proved self heating iron'; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; and F ig. 3 is a transverse sectlon. i

My invention comprises a hollow body 1 of the usual shape having side walls 2 converging to a point at one end and united at their rear ends by a transverse end wallB. The open top of the body is closed by a removable cover 4 which carriesV upon its under face a burner 5 and upon its upper face a handle 6, the latter being hollow to proor reservoir 7 for gasolene or the like. The hollow hand grip 6 is united to the .cover plate 4 by front and rear standards 8, the former of which is formed with a passage 9 to provide an outlet for the reservoir 7.` This reservoir is provided at one end at its top with a filling opening closed by a removable plug 10. A curved finger shield 11 is arranged between the cover plate-andthe hand grip and attachedV to the standards 8 so as to shield the hand om the heat-of the -iron. The cover plate 2 ofthe body 1,Wh1ch edges are formed with notches 12 to permit of the escape of theheat from the body ofthe iron. The cover plate is retained in position by forming at its rear heating sad-irons and. consists of theively heated. The rollerV Vside walls 2 end lugs 13 adapted to enter recesses' or seats 14 formed in the end wall 3 of the iron body,

which wall is extended slightly above the side walls 2 of the same; and by providing at the front end of the cover plate a pivoted turn button 15 one end of which is formed with a finger piece and the other end of:V

which is adapted to swing under an undercut lip or projection 16 formed at the top of the junction of the side walls 2. The burner 5 comprises a'perforated tube, the major portion of which lies close tothe bottom of the iron body and is disposed centrally and longitudinally therein, and the rear portion of which is odset and connected to one branch of a valve casing 17 which has another branch connected to a feed or supply pipe 18 arranged immediately` beneath the cover plate 4 and extending centrally and longitudinally thereon. The forward end of this pipe 18 is in communication with the lower end of the passage or bore 9 `so that the oilt in the reservoir 7 will be su plied to a needle valve 19 in the casing 1 A depression or cavity 20 is formed in the rear portion of the cover plate adjacent to the valve casing and serves as an oil cup in which a small amount of oil may be placed and burned to start the burner.

21 denotes a cylindrical roller arranged in the rear portion of the body of the iron and extending transversely thereln so that a portion of its periphe rejects throu h an opening 22 in the boItl/onpd of the bod y; gThis opening 22 is formed between two enlargements 23 extending transversely within the body and havin secured to them by screws o r removable astenings 24, a removable guard or shield 25. The latter may be formed of sheet metal, asbestos or the like and serves to protect the roller from direct Contact of the'fiames of the burner tube, the rear offset portion of which latter is disposed close to the guard or shield 25 and is perforated so that the roller 21 will be effecthas at its ends trunnions 26 adapted to enter vertical grooves or channels formed 'in the inner faces of the curved *or semi-circular bottoms of the 'grooves 24 by lugs 28 depending from the opposite sides of Vthe cover plate 4 and and they are retained in the' adapted to enter Vthe .grooves V27, as eleanrlyV I shown" in Y Fig. 3 of the drawings. By making the shieldA or guard 25 removable and constructingV the bearings of the roller as ripliery project through the opening in the just described, it will be seen that the roller bottom of the body, and a removable cover l may be readily removed. l l plate for the body having lugs to retain the It will be seen that when a self heating trunnions of the roller in said grooves. sad-iron is provided With my improved l 2. A self heating sat1-iron comprising a roller 21 the heating surface of tlieiron will body having in its bottom a transverse openbe materially increased and the roller will ing and in its side walls grooves, a roller further serve to carry the greater part of the provided at its ends with trunnions to en'ter Weight of the iron and thereby lessen the said grooves and adapted to have its pelabor in using it. iiphery project through the opening in the From the foregoing description taken in bottom of the body, a cover plate for the drawl body formed with depending lugs to enter connection with the accompanying ings, it is thought that the construction, use said grooves and retain the trunnions of the roller in the latter, means for fastening the and advantages of the invention will be l readily understood Without a more extended l, cover plate to the body, a shield arranged explanation. :l within tlie'body over the roller, and a burner Having thus described my invention what within the body.

I claim is: i In testimony whereof 1 hereunto aiix my 1. A. self heating sad-iron comprising a. l signature in the presence of two witnesses. body havingin its bottom a transverse openl CLARENCE C. SPRlNKLE. ing and in its side Walls grooves, a roller \Vitnesses:

provided at its ends with trunnions to enter M. E. BATES,

i `said. grooves and adapted to have its pe- LEwis I". DE WOLF. 

